The Girlfriends: Spotlight
Episodes
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E20: Rosamund Clears the Air
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 2013, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s nine-year-old daughter, Ella, died from a catastrophic asthma attack. Her death transformed her mum into a...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E19: Lejla Fights for the Invisible
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas Day, 1992. Sarajevo, Bosnia. War is ranging - Serb forces surround the city. For nearly four years, its people have endured daily shelling a...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E18: Antonia Pickets the Lusty Lady
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1990s in San Francisco, and Antonia Crane is a dancer at the legendary peep show, the Lusty Lady. In the dressing room and the mirrored...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E17: Tooba Stumps the Taliban
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When the Taliban captured Herat City in August 2021, Tooba Sarwari had just one thing on her mind: cricket. Would she ever be able to play her beloved...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E16: Hélène Outwits the Nazis
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Germany. Spring 1945. The writing is on the wall for the Nazis. And thousands of women are marching along dirt roads. If they stop walking, they&rsquo...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E15: Jacquie Saves a Hostage
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jacquie Davis joined the police when she was just 18 years old. She was fearless and ambitious, but she quickly realised her career progression was li...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E14: Visaka Sparks a Ceasefire
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Visaka Dharmadasa’s soldier son was kidnapped by the fearsome Tamil Tigers in the midst of Sri Lanka’s bitter civil war, she couldn&r...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight Is Back...
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 1 of The Girlfriends: Spotlight, our global gang of girlfriends grew to include Pussy Riot’s punk icon and political prisoner Nadya To...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E13: Silvia Climbs to the Top of the World
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When you’ve suffered childhood trauma, endured alcohol abuse, been through awful bereavements, how can you heal? For Silvia Vasquez-Lavado the a...
The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 6: How to Put a Spotlight on Your Story
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing your story, whether that’s on social media or through the news can be pretty daunting. But putting a spotlight on your community is esse...
The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 5: Sparking A Movement
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Emmet Till’s murder sparked a 70 year movement, in this episode Khadijah speaks to a woman whose family has been fighting to preserve his legacy...
The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 4: A Girlfriends Guide to Making a Change
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Golubski’s story exposed decades worth of corruption at the heart of Kansas City Kansas, a systemic failure to hold perpetrators to accoun...
The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 3: A Girlfriends Guide to Navigating Police Misconduct
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What are your rights if you’re stopped by a police officer? What evidence would you need to build a case if you were a victim of police miscondu...
The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 2: A Girlfriends Guide to Healing in The Aftermath of Trauma
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve explored how people fight for justice, but how are the women whose lives were affected by Roger Golubski healing the aftermath of their tr...
The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 1: The Freedom Seekers of Kansas City
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Quindaro was once home to a stop on the Underground Railroad. In this episode, Nikki traces the long, rich, revolutionary history of Kansas City Kansa...
The Girlfriends S4/E8: It Could Have Been Us
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Nikki and Khadijah start to pick up the pieces, they discover the story is darker than they could have ever imagined. The shocking news takes them ...
The Girlfriends S4/E7: The Reckoning
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s December 2nd 2024. After flying under the radar for decades, Detective Roger Golubski has finally been arrested. So the girlfriends drive o...
The Girlfriends S4/E6: What Would You Have Done?
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Trena Cooper was a child, she had a dream that her mom had been killed by a police officer. 20 years later, she sets out on a mission to get to t...
The Girlfriends S4/E5: I Smell A Rat
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Stacey Quinn’s life goes into a downward spiral, her sister Niko watches on, desperate to save Stacey before it’s too late. But the wal...
The Girlfriends S4/E4: Three Sisters
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Niko, Khadijah and Nikki finally come together, they instantly form a sisterhood. Niko tells her girlfriends the story of her older sister, Stace...
The Girlfriends S4/E3: The Two Day Trial
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 23 years behind bars, Lamonte McIntyre is finally stepping back into court to try and prove his innocence. When Khadijah Hardaway joins his desp...
The Girlfriends S4/E2: So Help Me God
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Niko Quinn grieves the loss of her favorite cousin and Lamonte McIntyre stands trial for a murder he says he didn’t commit, buried secrets ab...
The Girlfriends S4/E1: No Place Like Home
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When tragedy strikes on a quiet spring morning, Niko Quinn’s tight knit community is torn apart. But that moment is just the start of an investi...
Introducing Season 4 of The Girlfriends: Untouchable
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Niko Quinn saw her favourite cousin murdered in broad daylight, her life turned upside down. She went looking for justice, but instead uncovered ...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E12: Lois Captures Criminals
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lois Gibson has a rare gift: A gift for accurately drawing people she’s never seen before, from fragmented descriptions from traumatised witness...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E11: Miss saHHara Crowns Queens
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Miss saHHara was born to be a beauty pageant queen. As a child at home in Nigeria she would wrap herself in a mosquito net and sashay along a make-bel...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E10: Phyllis Saves the People from Poisoning
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Phyllis Omido is just a few months into a new job, when her infant son starts to get sick. Fevers, dehydration, hospitalisation - Phyllis is scared. T...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E9: Jasvinder Redefines Honour
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Jasvinder Sanghera was just 15 years old, her mum told her that she was going to be married to a man she had never met. Jasvinder’s older s...
The Girlfriends S3/Bonus Ep 4: Live from Wilderness with Kate Summerscale
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth and final bonus episode of Season 3 and our first ever LIVE episode of The Girlfriends! Recorded in front of a live audience from Wildernes...
The Girlfriends S3/Bonus Ep 3: Is Abolition the Answer?
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anna sits down with author, lawyer and activist; Leigh Goodmark, to discuss the problems of prisons. Especially when it comes to imperfect victims, li...
The Girlfriends S3/Bonus Ep 2: Tina’s story
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anna deep dives into the story of Tina, who you first met back in Episode 7. Unlike Kelly, Tina fully admits that she committed a terrible crime...
The Girlfriends S3/Bonus Ep 1: Lisa and Bruna
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bruna DiBiase is the judge who presided over Kelly’s resentencing. But long before Kelly walked into her courtroom, Judge Bruna’s life had...
The Girlfriends S3/E8: No Regrets
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Struggling to adjust to life outside of prison, Kelly tries to start fresh. And Anna discovers that while her story is nearly over, for Ke...
The Girlfriends S3/E7: Going Underground
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Years into her incarceration, with a decade left to serve… a new law might finally give Kelly, and some of her inmate clients, a chance at free...
The Girlfriends S3/E6: Guilty Schmilty
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reeling from the jury’s verdict, Kelly searches for the strength to keep fighting in a new maximum security prison. If you’re...
The Girlfriends S3/E5: Is He Dead Yet?
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly’s case finally goes to trial and the prosecution throws everything they have at her. How can she convince a jury that, not only is she not...
The Girlfriends S3/E4: The Shawties
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stuck in Rikers Island Jail, Kelly forms a family of women who’ve been through hell, just like her. But she’s got enemies too. And a...
The Girlfriends S3/E3: He Said, She Said
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2010, a traumatised Kelly sits in a police cell and reckons with the horrors of the previous night. Years later, Anna tries to make sense of the ni...
The Girlfriends S3/E2: The Good, The Bad and The Kelly
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anna traces a path back through Kelly’s turbulent life to answer the question: how did she get here? If you’re affected by any of t...
The Girlfriends S3/E1: Hell's Gate
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Kelly Harnett. She’s a loving sister, a childhood gymnast and an aspiring DJ. And, according to the justice system; she’s also a murd...
Introducing Season 3 of The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur? On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says ...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E8: Nadya & Pussy Riot Punk the President
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Nadya Tolokonnikova saw her country Russia change under President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime, she knew she had to do something.&...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E7: Eilís Runs the Ball Barn
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a trans woman, Eilís Ní Fhlannagáin didn’t have much faith in mainstream health care. So when she wanted gender affirmin...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E6: Madison and Christine Become Digital Detectives
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Madison Conradis had her life turned upside down when someone began posting naked photos of her online. Soon, the abuse intensified with anonymous mes...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E5: Rose Solves, At Least, 86 Cold Cases
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rose Brady’s job running Baltimore County’s SVU was a frustrating one. The sexual violence crimes she and her team were investigating were...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E4: June Rocks America
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the moment she heard a guitar being played in an empty classroom at her convent school in the Philippines in 1961, June Millington knew what she ...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E3: Nelly Goes Undercover
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nellie Bly was a true trailblazer. In late 19th century America, women were expected to get married and become housewives, or go into a suitable caree...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E2: Lu Ann Escapes the Order
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Lu Ann Cooper was just fifteen years old, she was told to drop out of school and marry her first cousin. She would be his fourth wife. Lu A...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E1: Tracy Hits the Bullseye
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019 Tracy Otto was a college student in Tampa, and a fitness fanatic. Then a violent attack by an ex-boyfriend changed her life forever. She was l...
Introducing The Girlfriends: Spotlight
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our brand new series The Girlfriends: Spotlight launches on Monday April 7th. Here's a taste of the incredible stories you can expect to hear... The G...
The Girlfriends: Spotlight... Coming Soon
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 1, The Girlfriends told the story of how a group of incredible women came together to bring down one bad ex-boyfriend and seek justice for t...
The Girlfriends S2/Bonus 1 - The Girlfriends’ Guide to: Identifying a Doe
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Girlfriends’ Guide, hosted by Producer Anna Sinfield, is a three part mini series where we lay out how you can solve crimes and keep your girlfr...
The Girlfriends S2/Bonus 2 - The Girlfriends’ Guide to: Tackling Intimate Partner Violence
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of The Girlfriends’ Guide, we learn how to tackle domestic violence in our own lives from the people who fight it every single...
The Girlfriends S2/Bonus 3 - The Girlfriends’ Guide to: Finding a Missing Person
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the third instalment of the Girlfriend’s Guide we turn our attention to the over 600 thousand people who go missing every year in the United Stat...
The Girlfriends S2/E5: Her Legacy
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To find an end to the story, the Girlfriends go back to the beginning. If you’re affected by any of the themes in this show please reach out to DN...
The Girlfriends S2/E4: Desperately Seeking Susie
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While Detective Mindy gets to talk to a (real life) cop about the case of our Lost Sister, the rest of the gang gets a breakthrough. If you’re affec...
The Girlfriends S2/E3: Lost and Found
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Producer Anna is joined by Alayne Katz for a pilgrimage to New York City’s biggest public cemetery…could our girl be there? If you’re affected...
The Girlfriends S2/E2: Mindy Goes Undercover
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for clues to our Lost Sister’s identity, our Chief Investigator Mindy Shapiro visits her old New York City stomping grounds. If you’re a...
The Girlfriends S2/E1: A Double Mitzvah
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The club returns! Carole, Mindy, Alayne and Anna are back together again to eat food, drink wine… and solve a 35 year old cold case. If you’re a...
Introducing Season 2 of The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 1, The Girlfriends told the story of how a group of incredible women came together to bring down one bad ex-boyfriend and seek justice for t...
The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister... Coming Soon
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 1, The Girlfriends told the story of how a group of incredible women came together to bring down one bad ex-boyfriend and seek justice for t...
The Girlfriends S1/E9: A Sisterhood
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After 20 years behind bars Bob finally speaks about what he did. Carole, Mindy and Alayne discuss what it means to live in a world without Gail, and...
The Girlfriends S1/E8: The Girlfriends Vs Bierenbaum
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
15 years after Gail’s death, Bob is put on trial. The Girlfriends, Gail’s friends and Alayne all weave together the circumstantial evidence that...
The Girlfriends S1/E7: Cowabunga
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bob learns that the DA are after him and when his arrest becomes a national news story, another Girlfriend surfaces. If you are affected by any of...
The Girlfriends S1/E6: Women Who Like to Gab
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The prosecutors arrive in Las Vegas to interview The Girlfriends. Hearing the stories from Bob’s time in Vegas, they become convinced that he murd...
The Girlfriends S1/E5: The Best Job a Lawyer Could Have
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bob moves again, but this time to the sleepy midwestern town of Minot, North Dakota. For Carole and Mindy it seems like Bob might be getting away wi...
The Girlfriends S1/E4: Phone Calls from Manhattan
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The search for Gail begins. After a rocky start, Gail’s sister Alayne, takes over the investigation into her disappearance. After four years of se...
The Girlfriends S1/E3: Bubbly, Bouncy and Very Alive
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We head to New York City to learn about Gail. In conversation with her loved ones, Carole hears about Gail’s love stories, curly hair, teenage dream...
The Girlfriends S1/E2: Lobsters for Dinner
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carole is wined, dined and shouted at by Bob until they split. After their break up, Carole tells her friend Mindy about the skeletons in Bob's closet...
The Girlfriends S1/E1: The Good Jewish Doctor
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the early 90s and a new eligible bachelor named Bob has arrived in Las Vegas. Every local single Jewish lady wants to date him, but something...
Introducing: The Girlfriends
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing the new podcast The Girlfriends.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.